Re: Recent Google announcements

[Brian Elkins <brianelkins@gmail.com>]

>From Google's own examples it appears at this point in the planning stage
that copyrighted works submitted will not show which libraries hold the
item

http://print.google.com/googleprint/about_example.html

only public domain works will show availability in local libraries (Google
has OCLC's WorldCat database for their use also).

It would be nice if publisher submitted works also showed libray
availability.

Brian Elkins

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:51:48 EST, Joseph Esposito <espositoj@gmail.com> wrote:

> I would be interested to know what people are thinking about the recent
> Google announcements (Google Scholar, Google Print, etc.) and their
> impact on the business of academic librarianship.  If there were a list
> called "the meaning of Google," I would like to be on it.  Speculation
> appears to be all over the place (what exactly is Google planning to do?  
> How will this fit into emerging metadata schemes?  Will Google become
> the "universal interface" for all research?  Is metasearch dead?  Will
> enabling data harvesting by Google become a priority for publishers, and
> if so, how wiil this affect the libraries that license content?).  
> There appears to be a great deal to learn about this.  As they say at
> Starbucks, make it a vente.
> 
> Joe Esposito